About 70,000 Syrian refugees are moving to Turkey's border as they flee fighting near Aleppo, Ankara says, while activists put the number at 40,000.

Maurice White, founder of US soul band Earth, Wind & Fire, has died aged 74, his brother says.

Two people are injured when a motorbike stunt appears to go wrong at the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow.

Harry Harpham, the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, dies after a short battle with cancer.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders go head-to-head for the first time in a TV debate, as they vie to be the Democratic presidential pick.

David Cameron is travelling to Poland and Denmark as he tries to win support for his package of reforms aimed at keeping Britain in the EU.

A special NHS fund for cancer medicines in England needs to be managed more effectively, says a committee of MPs.

A Chinese writer tells the BBC he published a provocative book about President Xi Jinping, linked to five missing Hong Kong booksellers, as a challenge to China.